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NEW YORK--Bone, damage has now been added to the list of degenerative diseases associated with prolonged heavy drinking.

At the annual meeting of the American Rheumatism Association here, Drs. John P. Jones Jr. and Ephraim P. Engle-man, of San Francisco, reported on 25 alcoholic patients who developed bone lesions when blood vessels in the bone were clogged by fat.

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